Violation1. (n.) Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, a violation of law, of covenants, promises, etc.
2. (n.) The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated.
3. (n.) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church.
4. (n.) Interruption, as of sleep or peace; disturbance.
5. (n.) Ravishment; rape; outrage.
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